perturbation

Definition

Agitation; the state of being perturbed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio.

Example Sentences

• "Reſtore your ſelues, vnto your temper, Fathers; / And, vvithout perturbation, heare me ſpeake: […]"
• "But her mind had never been in such perturbation; and it needed a very strong effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection."
• "Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus."

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